Géza Fazekas, a spokesman for the Chief Prosecutor’s Office, told the paper, citing anonymous sources that the Constitution Protection Office had filed a case against MEP Béla Kovács for allegedly spying on European Union institutions.

Kovács is accused of regularly conspiring with Russian diplomats and travelling to Moscow on a monthly basis. Kovács is married to a Russian-Austrian dual citizen, who had allegedly been working for the KGB earlier, the paper said.

The Central Investigating Chief Prosecutor’s Office has started an investigation in the case for crimes punishable with a 2-8 year prison sentence, Fazekas said, adding that the case is classified and further information cannot be disclosed.

Source www.hungarymatters.hu

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